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Darby, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Central Pasco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33525. It stands on Bee Tree Branch. The Survey maps it on the San Antonio quadrangle.

Darby within Pasco County

Then and now

1954 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Darby, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Darby, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

73 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Darby between 1992 and 2017, burning about 1,369 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 5 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning12
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
29 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2006Natural45 acresFlorida Forest Service51/NIGHT GLOW FIRE/0859
4 August 2006Natural17 acresFlorida Forest Service51/PRUITT FIRE/0849
28 August 2007Natural9.0 acresFlorida Forest Service51/MIDNITE FIRE/1019
1 August 1994Railroad operations and maintenance30 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 July 2007Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service51/POND BOTTOM FIRE/0832
30 July 2008Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service51/COUNTRY CLUB FIRE/0789
17 July 1995Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pasco County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Darby: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Environmental Capital Holdings - Pasco Rd.SandProducerClay
Pasco Lakes - Pasco Road PitSandProducer

Every working recorded in Pasco County

Storms near this place

1 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Darby in 1 storm report in 2004: 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2004LightningDarby1 hurtA man was airlifted to the hospital after he and his pig were struck by lightning. The man was treated for burns and was released. The man crawled 150 yards from his barn to his home to call 911. The pig did not survive.

Every storm recorded in Pasco County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Pasco2.7 miles14
Saint Joseph3.9 miles15
Chukuchatta (historical)4.1 miles15
San Antonio4.8 miles14
Chipco Township (historical)5.1 miles15
Saint Leo5.5 miles14
Jessamine5.9 miles15
Blanton6.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294740. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.